Word: burrs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Council's original instructions to the committee ordered it to make "constructive suggestions" to the Corporation as to how the Burr funds could best be spent, whether it be on a hockey rink, endowment for the present Varsity Club, or even a bigger new Varsity Club than the one now planned...
...fight over the construction of a new Varsity Club has broken down to a pair of questions: (1) Did Allston Burr '89 earmark $250,000 for the construction of the club? (2) If not, is there justification for spending a quarter of a million dollars on such a club...
...Burr's grant was unrestricted, although he certainly showed interest in a Varsity Club and in local athletics in general. Just how much of a "moral obligation" was tied to that grant is far less certain: a powerful group of Varsity Club alumni claim that Burr had the building of a club in mind, while Mr. Burr's relatives and some of his friends say he was primarily interested in what the College needed. The "moral obligation" argument for putting up a new club is open to question...
...problem really turns out to be does the College need a new Varsity Club! It does not. When Mr. Burr gave the money for the present Varsity Club in 1912 students were mostly sprinkled through a heterogeneous collection of dormitories and rented rooms running from the river to the Yard. There had to be some meeting place to bring together students cut off in the isolation of rooming houses; Mr. Burr's club started that job. Twenty years later the House plan took over, not just for a few athletic teams, but for the whole undergraduate body...
...University has a long list of projects which so far lack funds to complete them. They include more scholarships, expanded General Education, and a hockey rink. All of these needs are more pressing than a varsity club--a new freshman scholarship is more valuable than a snack bar. Allots Burr was interested in Varsity Athletics, but he was interested in the College as an educational institution, as well. Faced with the College's present financial troubles in improving that education, he probably would have felt that the need for a Varsity Club was a small one after...